helpformatter.py

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00001 """\
00002 @file helpformatter.py
00003 @author Phoenix
00004 @brief Class for formatting optparse descriptions.
00005 
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00028 """
00029 
00030 import optparse
00031 import textwrap
00032 
00033 class Formatter(optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter):
00034     def __init__(
00035         self, 
00036         p_indentIncrement = 2, 
00037         p_maxHelpPosition = 24,
00038         p_width = 79,
00039         p_shortFirst = 1) :
00040         optparse.HelpFormatter.__init__(
00041             self, 
00042             p_indentIncrement,
00043             p_maxHelpPosition, 
00044             p_width, 
00045             p_shortFirst)
00046     def format_description(self, p_description):
00047         t_descWidth = self.width - self.current_indent
00048         t_indent = " " * (self.current_indent + 2)
00049         return "\n".join(
00050             [textwrap.fill(descr, t_descWidth, initial_indent = t_indent,
00051                            subsequent_indent = t_indent)
00052              for descr in p_description.split("\n")] )

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